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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

When Less is More: Vaping Low-Nicotine vs. High-Nicotine E-Liquid is Compensated by Increased Wattage and Higher Liquid Consumption.

Jorien Smets, Frank Baeyens, Martin Chaumont, Karolien Adriaens, Dinska Van Gucht

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026
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  3. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  4. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  5. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  6. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  7. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  8. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  9. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  11. Short halt in vaping modifies cardiorespiratory parameters and urine metabolome: a randomized trial.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2020
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  20. Comparing POD and MOD ENDS Users' Product Characteristics, Use Behaviors, and Nicotine Exposure.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jorien SmetsThomas More University of Applied Sciences, Molenstraat 8, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium. jorien.smets@thomasmore.be.
Frank BaeyensFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. frank.baeyens@kuleuven.be.ORCID 0000-0001-9458-0058
Martin ChaumontDepartment of Cardiology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. martin.chaumont@ulb.ac.be.ORCID 0000-0001-9429-4449
Karolien AdriaensFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. karolien.adriaens@kuleuven.be.ORCID 0000-0002-6268-9574
Dinska Van GuchtThomas More University of Applied Sciences, Molenstraat 8, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium. dinska.vangucht@thomasmore.be.ORCID 0000-0001-5012-2522

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Previous research (Van Gucht, Adriaens, and Baeyens, 2017) showed that almost all (99%) of the 203 surveyed customers of a Dutch online vape shop had a history of smoking before they had started using an e-cigarette. Almost all were daily vapers who used on average 20 mL e-liquid per week, with an average nicotine concentration of 10 mg/mL. In the current study, we wanted to investigate certain evolutions with regard to technical aspects of vaping behaviour, such as wattage, the volume of e-liquid used and nicotine concentration. In recent years, much more powerful devices have become widely available, e-liquids with very low nicotine concentrations have become the rule rather than the exception in the market supply, and the legislation has been adjusted, including a restriction on maximum nicotine concentrations to 20 mg/mL. (2) Methods: Customers (

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BelgiumElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsHumansInhalation ExposureNicotineSmokersSmoking CessationSurveys and QuestionnairesTobacco SmokingVapingNicotineelectronic cigarettenicotinetrends in vaping

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